With more than half of India’s cybercrimes, mostly committed by fraudsters posing as bank managers and traced back to Jharkhand, this belt is clearly digital India’s underbelly. “It’s mostly a fake bank account opened with fraud KYC documents,” adds Kumar, the DSP of Jamtara’s cyber crime police station. Jamtara’s cyber criminals and their flashy lifestyles are topics that start discussions of fervour at local tea shops. Local merchants like wine shop owners and meat sellers did brisk business as Jamtara’s cyber criminals spent freely on the good life. The day before I arrived in Jamtara, Kumar and his team had raided and busted a local cybercrime gang in Sonbad village, some 74km from Jamtara.

Source: Mint May 08, 2018 04:18 UTC